Ghana News Agency

Friday 6th October, 2017

By
Ebenezer Sowah, GNA
Ho, Oct. 6, GNA - Mr
Kwame Gyasi, the Volta Regional Director, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has
called on schools to form tourism clubs to promote domestic tourism.
He said such clubs
would help improve the knowledge of pupils and students on the nationâ€™s culture
through regular visits to historical sites and places of interest.
Mr Gyasi made the
appeal at a quiz com

He said such clubs
would help improve the knowledge of pupils and students on the nationâ€™s culture
through regular visits to historical sites and places of interest.

Mr Gyasi made the
appeal at a quiz competition organized by GTA for some selected second cycle
institutions in Ho to celebrate this yearâ€™s World Tourism Day which was held
under the theme: â€ťSustainable tourism: a tool for developmentâ€ť.

He said the programme
was to sensitize students on the role tourism plays in society such as the
preservation of natural, cultural, artificial and historical environment for
future generation

Mr Nelson Akorli, the
Ho Municipal Chief Executive, expressed worry about school children abandoning
classrooms for gambling joints in the Municipality.

He said the Assembly
was putting measures in place to sanction gambling operators who engaged the
services of children of school going age.

Students from Wallahs
Academy Senior High School, Sokode Senior High and Technical School and Saint
Prosperâ€™s Senior High School took part in the competition.

Sokode SHS came top
with 92 points, followed by Saint Prosperâ€™s, 74 points and Wallahs Academy came
third with 67 points.